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Nearby Communities in the 1890s
We largely built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. Over time, we will continue to add communities that we find during our research.
If it applies, we indicate whether a community no longer exists and is now historic.<1>
While we didn't find Benson in the Atlas, the following communities of the 1890's would have been found near the current location of Benson. The following communities are listed based on their distance, with the one closest to Benson listed first.
- Randall
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Randall is located in Burnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randall
- Rock Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Rush City
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Grantsburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Grantsburg is located in Burnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,296 people
- Pine City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Harris
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Sunrise
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Sunrise is located in Chisago County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunrise
- Rush Point
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Rush Point is located in Chisago County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rush Point
- Wolf Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wolf Creek is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Creek
- Trade Lake
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Trade Lake is located in Burnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trade Lake
- Stark
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Stark is located in Chisago County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stark
- North Branch
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Cushing
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cushing is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cushing
- Spring Lake
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Spring Lake is located in Isanti County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lake
- Kost
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Kost is located in Chisago County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kost
- Almelund
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Grass Lake
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Grass Lake is located in Kanabec County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grass Lake
- Braham
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Stanchfield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Mission Creek
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Mission Creek is located in Pine County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission Creek
- West Denmark
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- West Denmark is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Denmark
- Cambridge
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Blomford
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Blomford is located in Isanti County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blomford
- Brunswick
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Brunswick is located in Kanabec County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brunswick
- Hinckley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Benson, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
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